I have a report and poster due on deposition tomorrow, and I need to know absolutely everything anyone can tell me about it. Not just the definition, but past that. I already know that it's when sediments are deposited and stuff, but I need WAY more info in order to finish this report, and I can't find ANYTHING!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! Please be nice people and post something. I don't care if it's just a link or 100 pages posted here on deposition, HELP!
2006-10-19 11:32:46 · 2 answers · asked by lightupthesky9 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Try typing the word sedimentology into your search engine.
2006-10-19 11:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deposition, also known as sedimentation, is the geological process whereby material is added to a landform. This is the process by which wind, water or ice create a sediment deposit, through the laying down of granular material that has been eroded and transported from another geographical location.
Deposition occurs when the forces responsible for sediment transportation are no longer sufficient to overcome the forces of particle weight and friction, which resist motion. Deposition can also refer to the build up of a sediment from organically derived matter or chemical processes. For example, chalk is made up partly of the microscopic calcium carbonate skeletons of marine plankton, the deposition of which has induced chemical processes (diagenesis) to deposit further calcium carbonate. (from Wikipedia)
2006-10-19 20:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Majdi B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋